Ending 27th Apr, 2025 18:00
Books, Manuscripts and Maps
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The strange and unaccountable life of Daniel Dancer, Esquire
who died in a sack, though worth upward of 3000 a year; To which is now added, The eccentric history of Betty Bolaine. Allman, 1829, first Allman edn. 28pp plus a folding hand coloured engraved plate. Later cloth backed marbled boards, with the original wrappers bound in. VG; [BEWICK, Thomas] ill: Tom Thumb's Play Book to teach children their letters, by a new and pleasant method. Alnwick: W. Davison, no date, c1825. Original pictorial paper covers, 35pp; [Defoe, Daniel]: The Exploits of Robinson Crusoe, Mariner of York. Printed for the Booksellers [Ca 1775]. PP: Engraved Frontis plate, (3)-132, with 19 text illustrations. Later leather backed marbled boards. Tear to one page, with the loss of a couple of letters; pages unevenly trimmed, hence some a lot shorter than others. (3)
Sold for £540
Auction: Books, Manuscripts and Maps, ending 27th Apr, 2025
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